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Old October 21, 2011, 05:26 PM
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Miraz's post is SLA vs Other spinners. My following post will be SLA vs Fast bowlers.

Besides Shakib, we don't have a decent spinner. But yet we are still stuffing our XI with mediocre spinners slash ALRs. Good batsmen will easily kill them. We are just convincing ourselves saying SLA is our strength.

Take a close look at India. They used their fast bowlers to take the shine off of the ball. Look where it got them. If we want to become a decent side, and start winning games away, we'll have to have good fast bowlers. We have to encourage and welcome them and stop stuffing the team with SLA.

There is a good reason why good teams have 3-5 good fast bowlers in their squad, and couple of good spinners. And that didn't/doesn't mean their spin dep. sucked. Aus, Pak are a good example of that. They structured their bowling attack around fast bowlers. And still managed to keep 2-3 good spinner around. Heck, besides Murali, and Kumble, most of the legendary spinners came from Pak and Aus. Yet, they are known for fast bowling. We are here nor there.
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